Family Dining Room History

The Family Dining Room, circa 1999, looking northeast (White House Historical Association)

The Family Dining Room, 1992, looking southeast (HABS)

The Family Dining Room, circa 1991 (White House Historical Association)

A 1978 dinner with congressional leaders, looking south (NARA - Carter Library)

A 1977 dinner with the Japanese Prime Minister (NARA - Carter Library)

The Family Dining Room in 1972 (Mason University)

LBJ meeting with a women's group that includes Eartha Kitt in 1968 (Johnson Library)

The Family Dining Room around 1964 (National Geographic)

The Family Dining Room in 1963, looking southeast (White House Historical Association)

The Family Dining Room about 1962, looking northeast (White House)

The Family Dining Room around 1962, looking southwest (White House Historical Association)

The Family Dining Room in 1952, with new chandelier, after the Truman reconstruction (Truman Library - Abbie Rowe)

The room during the reconstruction, showing the old flat ceiling above the 1902 vaulted ceiling. (Truman Library - Abbie Rowe)

The Family Dining Room in 1948, before the Truman reconstruction (Library of Congress - Theodor Horydczak)

The Family Dining Room in 1947, before the Truman reconstruction (Truman Library - Abbie Rowe)

The Family Dining Room in 1947, before the Truman reconstruction (Truman Library - Abbie Rowe)

The Family Dining Room in 1940, looking northwest (Getty Images - Dmitri Kessel)

The Family Dining Room around 1930, looking southeast (NARA)

The Family Dining Room, circa 1920, looking southwest (Library of Congress - Harris & Ewing)

The Family Dining Room, circa 1911, looking southeast (Library of Congress - Harris & Ewing)

The Family Dining Room, circa 1908, looking southwest (Library of Congress - Harris & Ewing)

The Family Dining Room in 1907, looking southwest (Singleton - Story of the White House)

The Family Dining Room around 1906, looking northeast

The McKinley Family Dining Room, before the roof was vaulted in the
first Roosevelt era, circa 1901 [stereo] (New York Public Library)

The Family Dining Room, circa 1900, looking southwest

The Family Dining Room, circa 1892 [stereo] (New York Public Library)

The Family Dining Room around 1890, looking southeast (Singleton - Story of the White House)

The Family Dining Room, circa 1888 [stereo] (New York Public Library)